Musings by the Groom (Part 2)

It has been a week since I'd arrived at Melbourne. There's never a day I'd stopped thinking about my lovely wife-to-be. Every sight and sound, every interesting thoughts and ideas that I've come across, I will think of my Boo. And how much I wanted to tell you about the sights around the Yarra River, the guy standing on the middle of the bridge, playing his bagpipe, the street break-dancers, the beggars (who can afford a McDonald's meal by the way)

I've moved into the long stay apartment yesterday. The only windows in the apartments are the 3 sliding doors that leads to the balcony, which is west-facing. I received a free upgrade from the long-stay apartment establishment. They gave me a 2 bedroom apartment. Sometimes, these companies just don't get it. I'm single, working in Melbourne, and what I need are free washing/ironing/cooking/sports channel with live soccer/fast speed internet access and the lot. Apart from the queen sized bed in the master bedroom, I do not need the additional 2 single beds in the next room.

Speaking of soccer, I'm having withdrawal symptoms from not having seen a live game for more than a month. I do get the occasional snipplets through the free-to-air channels when the sports section is on the news. However the snipplets are much like 5-10 seconds each day. Like a smoker switching from cigarettes to nicotine sweet/chewing gums, my daily dose of sports action are ARL and NRL. In between their matches, I am trying to figure out the rules of the games and all other miscellaneous stuffs. The difference I've noticed so far, ARL players wear sleeveless jerseys. Also, Melbourne has a team that's last in the ARL but joint-1st in the NRL and I can't help but wonder why there's so much disparity between both teams.

Work is slowly creeping up but still manageable. I keep getting invites to meetings but they keep getting cancelled at the last minute. Hopefully, work won't consume me like it almost did in Singapore.

Today also marks 2 months and 22 days to our wedding! In Chinese numerology, the number '2' represents "shuang" or double and is meant to represent a pair, which is a good thing. :)

83 days to go!